#C9D742#C9D742

#C9D742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.167 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D742
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -23.07, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 71.89, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0698 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.167 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3725, 61.4126, 14.4061)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D742 #5042D7

analogous

#D79B42 #C9D742 #7ED742

triadic

#C9D742 #42C9D7 #D742C9

tetradic

#C9D742 #42D79B #5042D7 #D7427E

square

#C9D742 #42D79B #5042D7 #D7427E

split-complementary

#C9D742 #427ED7 #9B42D7

monochromatic

#79831C #A8B526 #C9D742 #D7E275 #E6ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C9D742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#C9D742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D742

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D742	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.167 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde37f',
    500: '#c9d742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d742;
$custom-light: #dde37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.638,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84208,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D742

secondary

#3C348A

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D742

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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